Plan's response to chronic poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Abstract

Africa's population dynamic for the next decade is reflected in the
high percentage of young people. The passage of these young people into
productive adulthood will be the single most important factor in
determining Africa's future. Development of the human capital in this
younger generation through education and training is the basis for
sustainable economic growth. Increased educational levels are tied to
other social indicators such as lower infant mortality and economic
growth.

Plan's development approach in Sub-Saharan Africa has evolved, in
response to ever changing problems and opportunities, from providing
relief to alleviate the immediate effect of the Sahelian drought of the
early 1970s towards satisfying the basic needs of the chronically poor
through designing and implementing projects of basic education, basic
health services and nutrition and water and sanitation. Since the year
2000, however, Plan has concentrated on the alleviation of chronic
poverty through moving away from directly designing and implementing
projects towards local capacity building, partnership and facilitation.

The Strategic Framework for Africa provides a framework for Plan's
activities in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) for the next decade. The framework
contains a thematic analysis of the current situation of African
children and sets out a strategic response to chronic poverty based
around investment in human capital, building relationship, developing
partnerships and learning.

Citation

Plan’s response to chronic poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, presented at Staying Poor: Chronic Poverty and Development Policy, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, 7-9 April 2003. Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), Manchester, UK, 7 pp.